Sunderland are looking at Basle defender Aleksandar Dragovic, 22, with West Ham and Arsenal also interested.

Manchester United are reviving their interest in 16-year-old Anderlecht forward David Henen who is valued at around £3.5m.

Stoke are considering a bid for Denmark and FC Copenhagen striker Andreas Cornelius, 20, to replace Michael Owen, with Everton also interested.

DAILY EXPRESS

England manager Roy Hodgson has launched a thinly veiled attack on Rio Ferdinand for pulling out of England's last two World Cup qualifiers.

Newcastle's brave run in the Europa League came to a halt last night as they went out to Benfica despite drawing the second leg of their quarter-final tie 1-1, losing 4-2 on aggregate.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Liverpool must decide whether to pay a minimum of £12m if they are to beat Arsenal to the signature of Swansea defender Ashley Williams this summer.

THE TIMES

England manager Roy Hodgson has released his frustration over the club-versus-country issues that he believes are undermining the national team.

THE GUARDIAN

Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez said he had no problems with the squabble that erupted between David Luiz and Frank Lampard as the teams departed at half-time, pointing to the tete-a-tete as recognition of a need to improve.

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t's wrong to be making a joke out of Bender's name at the expense of gay people. It's the kind of childish, uncivilised thing that Football365 would deride and ridicule if it was another media outlet saying. Why is there a need for jokes like this? Does it make your writers feel like men? F365 might suggest that I 'lighten up', but it is genuinely traumatic for people who have been oppressed all their lives to be the butt of jokes, and to be told...

ou can't blame De Gea for wanting to leave, he has enough to do in front of goal as it is as well as taking on the role of Man Utd's version of Derek Acorah in trying to contact and organise a defence that isn't there.